Backup PG we should go after

Kyle Lowry is injury prone, who knows with Gay in town, Lowry might get excited but at the same time prone to injury, i can't watch JLIII play the starting PG, I personally think we need to go after a backup PG, let's say in the mold of

Kyle Lowry is injury prone, who knows with Gay in town, Lowry might get excited but at the same time prone to injury, i can't watch JLIII play the starting PG, I personally think we need to go after a backup PG, let's say in the mold of

Horrible choices....just awful. None of them are worth a look. If they can't find anything before the deadline, bring back Uzoh and see if he's made any progress. I'd take Uzoh over Machado any day of the week. I think Uzoh is a much better fit. He plays D and rebounds, 2 of Lowry's biggest strengths when he's on the floor for us, but he's more pass-first than Lowry, albeit he still really needed to polish his game and shot.

There are lots of quality backup PG available as free agents this offseason, should BC decide to go with a stop-gap approach for the 2nd half of this season.

Ideally Bargnani can be used to acquire a solid backup PG. Ridnour/Barea from Minnesota are good options, as are Blake/Duhon from the Lakers. Duhon's contract for next year is non-guaranteed. Could be decent backups in a Bargnani salary dump.

There are lots of quality backup PG available as free agents this offseason, should BC decide to go with a stop-gap approach for the 2nd half of this season.

Ideally Bargnani can be used to acquire a solid backup PG. Ridnour/Barea from Minnesota are good options, as are Blake/Duhon from the Lakers. Duhon's contract for next year is non-guaranteed. Could be decent backups in a Bargnani salary dump.

I really like the idea of trying to get Ridnour somehow, whether in a direct trade or multi-team deal. With Rubio, Barea and Shved, they don't really need Ridnour that much. He's got a good shot, is steady, and would bring a lot of things similar to Jose, but cheaper and as a sure backup behind Lowry so there are no playing time issues. Barea is a bit too ball-dominant for me. If he and Lowry are controlling the ball for 48 minutes, how are Gay, Demar, Ross and our bigs going to stay involved and in rhythm?

Ideal back-up for this team would be Kirk Hinrich. Don't know what Chicago's plans are with Rose coming back, but one would think that any team that is running Rip Hamilton these days in it's rotation could use some help on the wing.

Ideal back-up for this team would be Kirk Hinrich. Don't know what Chicago's plans are with Rose coming back, but one would think that any team that is running Rip Hamilton these days in it's rotation could use some help on the wing.

I really like the idea of trying to get Ridnour somehow, whether in a direct trade or multi-team deal. With Rubio, Barea and Shved, they don't really need Ridnour that much. He's got a good shot, is steady, and would bring a lot of things similar to Jose, but cheaper and as a sure backup behind Lowry so there are no playing time issues. Barea is a bit too ball-dominant for me. If he and Lowry are controlling the ball for 48 minutes, how are Gay, Demar, Ross and our bigs going to stay involved and in rhythm?

Minnesota upgrades their backup PF position, gets a starting SG (they've been playing PGs in that spot since Roy went down with injury) and gets to keep their primary trade chips (Williams & Pekovic).

Toronto gets a solid backup PG, unloads Bargnani's contract and clears the logjam at the wing positions. 1.5 years of Roy's $5M contract is much easier to deal with than Bargnani's contract, especially if/when Kleiza's $4.5M salary is amnestied in the offseason - or they could get lucky and Roy could simply retire. Plus, Toronto saves $1.75M this season (pro-rated, of course).

Another option would be to do this as part of a 3-way trade with Minny & Lakers, with Bargnani going to LA and Gasol going to Minny.